The Italians are a very proud bunch! So much so that probably around 99% of the restaurants that you find here are Italian/Sicilian. Im not kidding about the 99% 
Luckily I have honed my kitchen skills when it comes to Mexican/Greek/Chinese/Thai and the like to get our worldly mix. Having access to the commissary on base is a necessity because below is the wide selection for “non Italian” that you will find at the local Italian grocery stores. Literally we are talking one shelf that is supposed to cover rest of the globe. Have you ever seen Uncle Bens Tortilla chips?!? Well now you have:
Cristaldi on Via Pacini 66 in Catania
has every sort of ethnic food and not just the preboxed junk. Great assortment from all over the world. Just stumbled on your site while searching something else- very enjoyable.
Wow! Thank you very much Linda. We will have to check it out!
Can you tell me if you can buy breakfast wheat biscuits(the equivalent of Australian Weet-bix) in Sicily?